Price-tag.



MONARGH GMAN,

emes-miel' L s. citizen ef the Uiiiied. Shiites, iesiding lil " from une sicle of thestiip, lle prongs of w Dayeii, in the couiiy ei' Montgeiiieiy 'eed State eli Qliie, lieve invente-d seriele new and useful lniproveiuembs in lieefegs, of which the following; is s speciieatio vlily invention relates to new article of nmnufacture eonipiising e eeni-ieiiees series of steplenl price foi merchandise, pee tieulsily el' e falesie iiezui'e. A

The object el' the, im'ensien is se molines es en article of commeilee bese gung seple legs, aflepe. to lie easily made end-delivered te users ggvessessecl of e new type of 0peizitiiig machine for sev fing the unil-s the gang end empli "alieni to the gemis, which type of meelime eenstitutes the sub-I ject metter el' se independent invention, ai plieetioii for." patent lieieoii being liled. siiifm-lmineeusly herewith. ln machines ef this geiiierel character heretofore iiiv use, the tags have 'been foi-med by the machine from e eoiiliiiuoiis strip of peper, the machine functioning not only te sever "ellev strips iiise teg lengths, liet te prim; the tags and te ffoim und (liii'e the emplee both tliiouglfi the goods te' lie masked mici ille tags so lim-.med ey lie iiiaeiiiiie. The new machine is mech elieaper sind simpler in eliliiceetei and is nel biiiile'eeci willi the function el foi-.teilig tlie staples und inseliing them iiio the muil this invention is coiiee'friie with elle pre -luetimi el' an :ir-ticle Liesing the capacity of responding te these :new es .fliie'sis of The features of the invention are more fully set foi-lh in the deseiiptioii of lille eecempexiying; drawings, forming e psr's 0i this application, in which:`

Figure l is a ples View showing the ea:- aicle. vli'ig. 2 is e side elevation. Fig.. 3 is i plus View showing ene teg sevegiecl.

l iepiesenls'lie peper tape or conlimious strip having marginal divisional netelies 2 et regular intervals' extending" imvzudiy from (me edge of zlie strip and terminating iippi'oximetely et sliemedisl line el lie strip, the ends of these notches being in ziliinenieil.

il represenls the wife staples, 011e @if which is clenched iuo tlie siip'bei'z-Ween ,each pair (ff division notches il, defining; the ieg wie i wil. 'lf'lie prongs el the staples m'ejeel; iipi'ig" LPeiemseel lilies, 2, lelie,

semi se. semen.

finder she gutter, mid ,tile sixties mei'ely Operates "ce continue the cui', from teimeel ends ofthe divisions 2 einem' sli/e web @fille "strip, thus severing eile'olif'lle unies, shown iii Fig, The; divisieieegel netelies 2 are also uiiebieiael in previeliiig en the ssxip engaging-g' @Gelders er eliusf. meme for elle leerling mechanism ef @he machine, enabling me siip lo be feci il; lie appropriate step movemenes. s {neseare? stapled, 'seg lengths are utilized es e new article manuiecsiiie, the simples ei'e plseell'upon the tags, se es te be securely held alizied with the edge of the sriu .sind wisli 'the free ends or Di-enge projecting el; right angles te the .plane of the stie, meineiiiing the seme in e posities te e eet-ed upon by the elenehing mechanism when fed iiiize e machine, and :ilse retain lle staples epee. the siip "no prevent accidentel {iispleeemeii.

le. the cliewings, lie preferred fome si: staple is illusrsieci leent in a peeuliei mib line, emi which, es illustrated, comprises she bow persioii l in e 'plane parallel with 'the plane of the strip projectingtlirough the strip iii the form of oppositely clispesed U- v sends 5 forming offsets oi' slioulers, thereby eveilep 9ing and engaging upon both sides of the si'ip with elle terminals of the U-'eeiifls projecting; toward the medial p0rtion of the loew, ami wish the ends of the Wire bent et iiglii; :ingles to the bow portion, te provide prongs 6. Thus, the staples are rigidly clenched to the strip in iblieii' spaced intesi/'els between the divisional cuts and the prongs exten in im upi'igilf, position et righi; angles to the plane of the strip, which is quite essential in feeding the seme vaiutomstically Within a machine, and isliereby pzeveiis the prongs fi'om engaging the obseiiietien.

Having deseribeel my iiiveiiisien, l claim l. il new ars-lele of .maiiufeeuze @emprise sti-ip divided into lengths by divi# sieiifil lieeiies letere-lly eiieiifled from one edge oi' he siip ine ai: ly towed lie leggi# imclinal meciisl line ofthe sibrip and in reletvey equal spaced parallelism a staple per-A manentiy. clenched through ee'ch tag ength between .ehe notches and serially `in Longitudinal einement with the'lnotched marie' es? the strip with the notches extening goed the longitudinal line of the staple to ovide ab erneute, whereby zhe strip may 1emgegedto-'beed in appropriate step intervals. v 1.,

S13. A new article of manneoture comprising e strip divided into teg ieiegths by divisional noeebes in gmrailelism'exteeded from one edge of izhe strip toward its medial Eine, aseries of staples secured te the strip in relative longitudinal alinement'and in pereieiism with the notched marginal edge of the strip, one stape connect-e5; to each za-g erigih between the divisional notches having ire prexxge passed through the teg and oiset or shouldered to overlap on the reverse se ofl the teg and the said notoires er Menem n ifestlmoiiy whereof, have hereunto set my bami.

FREDERCK KOHNLE.

Witnesses:

@LIVER B. KAISER, CLARENCE B. FOSTER.` 

